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Objective: To analyze the structure of social, technical, and commercial relationships established between coconut producers of the Pacific coast of the Cauca Department in Colombia. Methodology: The Social Network Analysis methodology was used. This methodology studies the structure and dynamics of the relationships established among actors. A survey was applied to 676 producers, and the information was analyzed based on the indicators of density, centralization, in-degree centrality and Modularity Class. Results: The indicator of density is low in all analyzed networks, which means incipient levels of social capital and cohesion. The resulting networks are decentralized, which means that there are several actors that are an important source of consultation. The clusters are configured based on geographic conditions and around recognized actors given their trajectory and experience. Limitations: Lack of evidence to support the relationship between social capital and development, lack of information and high degree of abstraction. Conclusions: Low levels of social capital around the activity were found, which result in information associated with the coconut production chain not flowing easily between actors and communities. Geographic conditions fragment existing relationships between producers, forming different clusters that hardly communicate with each other. The relevant actors identified are producers with extensive experience in the activity, collectors, and cooperatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of untreated dental caries using the pufa+PUFA index and its association with age and sex in schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 years in a public educational institution. Materials and methods: The study was descriptive, observational and cross-sectional. The data were obtained through the epidemiological survey of the period 2019, the registration was performed through the pufa+PUFA index. The relationship of variables was verified by means of Fisher's exact test. Results: A total of 136 schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 years were evaluated, 72 of whom were girls compared to 64 who were boys. The prevalence rate of untreated dental caries was 22%. At the pufa+PUFA index, the frequency was higher in the age of 11 years (9.6%) and in the male sex with (14%). In addition, no relationship was found between the study variable with age (p=0.71) and sex (p=0.179). Conclusions: No association was found between untreated dental caries and the variables age and sex in the population evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discuses the use of micro stories--shorter short stories--in the Spanish language classroom. Highlights the use of one micro story--Monterrosos'"El dinasauro"--as a point of departure for teaching literary reading skill to intermediate college and secondary level students. (Author/VWL)

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Objective. Evaluate lacto-serum as a source of mesophils with lactic acid activity in complex culture medium with sago starch (Canna indica L.). Materials and methods. Three culture media were analyzed for mesophilic lacto-serum bacteria differentiated by the inclusion of sago starch (Canna indica L.) (0, 0.5 and 1%). Control treatments were refrigerated (-4°C) and non-refrigerated (18°C) lacto-serum. Mesophilic growth, pH, acidity level, and total soluble solids were evaluated at 24 h intervals for 5 days; and lactic acid concentration at the end of the test. Results. The pH and total soluble solids (°Brix) decreased in all treatments, the % acidity increased over time and at the end of the trial the highest content of lactic acid was 32.5 and 37.2 g/L for the formulations with 0.5 and 1% sago starch respectively. Mesophilic growth was low in the 1% starch formulation and high in the non-refrigerated serum. Conclusions. Lacto-serum is a good source of mesophiles with lactic acid activity, reaching up to 37.2 g/L lactic acid in complex culture medium including 1% sago starch. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Sinopsis: El siguiente editorial presenta los resultados de una encuesta a los líderes de las 13 asociaciones de la Confederación Multidisciplinar Latinoamericana de Heridas, Estomas e Incontinencias (COMLHEI). La encuesta buscó determinar, de manera general, la situación de los pacientes con Covid-19 en posición prono (PP) con desarrollo de lesiones por presión (LPP). Los resultados indican que, en América latina, las LPP en pacientes en PP son frecuentes. Se evidenciaron deficiencias en estudios epidemiológicos y de elementos de protección, prevención y educación, además de brechas entre los diferentes países e instituciones en cuanto a la disponibilidad de personal para poder cumplir con las recomendaciones de posicionamiento de los pacientes. Las autoras sugieren tener en cuenta los resultados del estudio internacional PRONEtect para identificar, revisar y evaluar las pautas internacionales de pronación y cuidado de la piel, y hacer un inventario de los equipos y recursos de capacitación de uso común. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, agile methodology has been revolutionizing the world (Rigby et al., 2016), it is increasingly used by different industries worldwide (KPMG, 2019). One of the most widely adopted frameworks within this methodology is SCRUM (Kapitsaki & Christou, 2014). SCRUM seeks to treat projects in an iterative and adaptive manner, providing flexibility to decision-making during project development. In this case study, an analysis of the implementation and development of projects with SCRUM is carried out in a faculty of economic and administrative sciences, where students from two related careers (business administration and international business) will learn and develop their projects under SCRUM This exercise will run over three two-week sprints in which participants perform all ceremonies and deliver a finished product. It was found that the students managed to develop their projects in an optimal way, and a notable improvement was noticed in their way of working as a team. For students SCRUM becomes a new way to develop their projects and enter the world of work. Finally, a successful implementation was achieved indicating the importance of learning SCRUM in business schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay aims to add further tension to the role of images in relation to religious experience, affirming that every sacred gaze is a haptic gaze, which is to say, a particular way of engaging with images through corporeality, proximity and touching in a non hierarchical way. The proposals exposed here are based on critical visual methodologies and it unfolds from a constellation of images emphasizing certain body parts in a religious sense, highlighting some of their elements, such as the soul, the mouth and the heart. These images are put in relation to other images, objects and prayers, and are organised in thematic series following their function on the corporal focus. The selected images comprise a series of Santa Rosa de Lima's deathbed, then the attention goes to the exposed wounds of some saints devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and it ends in a group of iconographies where hearts are depicted independently of the body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To compare the prevalence of dental caries through the DMFT /dmft index with the academic performance in schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 years at a public school in Lima. Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional, prospective design. The sample was made up of schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 from the Fortaleza de Vitarte Educational Institution No. 1239, from the period 2019. The sample size was made up of 136 schoolchildren who met the inclusion criteria. Dental evaluations were performed after dental hygiene and a record of the odontogram was taken using the DMFT / dmft index, to determine the presence of dental caries. Likewise, the record of grades was collected to obtain academic performance. Results: A high prevalence of dental caries was found in schoolchildren (94.9%), with moderate lesions prevailing (36.8%) compared to healthy teeth (5.1%). Likewise, the prevalence of carious lesions in children aged 11 years (50.7%), followed by 12 years (26.5%) and 10 years (22.8%), an increase is observed between the ages of 10 years and 11 years. In addition, a low academic performance of (10.3%) was presented, being the distribution in males (6%) and in females (3.7%). It was found that the DMFT +dmft are homogeneous in approved children and children with low performance both in age and sex, meaning that there is no statistically significant difference between both variables (p> 0.05). Conclusion: Despite the high prevalence of dental caries, it does not show a correlation with low academic performance in schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 according to the DMFT / dmft index. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present, studies of biological control agents of microbial origin (BCA-M) have mainly focused on their taxonomic characterization, through the use of conventional molecular markers, and the in vitro evaluation of modes of action, or under greenhouse conditions, but limitedly under field conditions. Furthermore, recent bioprospecting studies of BCA of microbial origin mainly focus on Trichoderma, Paecilomyces, Beauveria, Pseudomonas, and Bacillus. Even when the research developed in Mexico on this topic has been active during the last years, the development and innovation of greater variety of registered and currently commercialized biopesticides need to be improved. In this context, the use of cut-edge techniques in the era of omics sciences (genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics) focused on the correct taxonomic affiliation of BCA-M, as well as their modes of action and ecology in agroecosystems, will expand the bioprospecting and extensive use of these BCA in a more efficient, biosafety, and cost-effective manner. In the framework of the international celebration of plant health, this review critically analyzes the knowledge status of the aspects that limit the bioprospecting and extensive use of BCA-M, mainly in Mexico, from the application of omics sciences for the identification, selection, and study of action mechanisms of those agents until the dissemination and socialization of the generated scientific knowledge. The foregoing is intended to promote reflection on this field of knowledge and encourage the new generation BCA-M with a holistic and systemic vision for the benefit of sustainable and resilient agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction. In Colombia the starch of Canna indica L. is extracted by artisan methods, but it is unknown if this influences its physical and chemical properties. Objective. Evaluate the effect of the two methods of extraction of Canna starch indicates L. on its physical and chemical properties. Materials and methods. The starch was extracted by liquefying and by scratching, and its water absorption index, water solubility, swelling power, the gelatinization temperature (TG) and viscosity in buffer at different pH were evaluated. Also, its compositional quality and that of the rhizome were determined. A completely random design was used, and the analysis of the data on the chemical characteristics of the starch was made by comparing the means of two normal populations with student t (P <0.05). Results. It was observed that the viscosity in acid media and the TG of the starch extracted by the striped method were higher (75.6 ± 1.91 ° C) compared to the starch extracted by liquefying (62.08 ± 1.83 ° C) (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusion. The starch extracted by scratching endures higher temperature and better tolerates acidic media, which shows that the physical treatment of starch influences the TG properties and the resistance of starch to acid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To identify the “opportunity gap” with the BABIES method using perinatal mortality rates. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed with the Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiological Surveillance Database. Perinatal mortality rates by districts and by areas of possible intervention were determined according to the BABIES method. Results: The district of Independencia had the lowest mortality rate, with 6.1 and 5.9 per 100 live births in the years 2014 and 2015, respectively. The priority area of intervention in the district of Comas was "maternal health" and in Carabayllo, "care during pregnancy". Conclusions: The BABIES method allows us to identify the “opportunity gap” which can guide us to perform interventions at the local level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the last decade it has been seen how the economic, social and environmental problems due to the generation and transportation of electric power have increased, this has led researchers from various areas of engineering to engage in the search for efficient materials for the development of renewable energy sources. Several investigations could yield helpful insights that one of the materials that are already beginning to be used for the development of renewable energy sources, is graphene. Graphene is a two-dimensional nanometric material, formed by a hexagonal network of carbon atoms very similar to a honeycomb. In 2004, thanks to the research of scientists from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, one of the main drawbacks of this material was overcome. Thermodynamic instability at a nanometric scale was overcome, and a new era of study and research in two-dimensional nanometric materials started. This article shows the main properties of graphene and its behavior in the development of renewable energy sources, in which after analyzing its performance and its impact compared to the current energy sources used, it shows that we are facing to a material that is a fundamental pillar in the development of new, more efficient renewable energy sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The recreational parks of Lima city (GPLM) are green areas where diverse species of animals and plants live. These are also recreational areas located in the Rímac river basin. The GPLM considered were Bosque El Olivar (12°06'04"S, 77°02'05"O), Campo de Marte (12°04'06"S, 77°02'29"O), Pentagonito (12°06'01"S, 76°59'35"O), Huachipa Zoo (12°00'52"S, 76°53'52"O), Las Leyendas (12°07'14"S, 77°05'12"O) and Kennedy (12°07'18"S, 77°01'49"O). Lead presence in the soils constitutes a potential danger to the health of the inhabitants and users. The objective of this study was to quantify the total lead content in the GPLM soils. Samplings were performed for identifications, physical (texture) and chemical (pH, electric conductivity, organic matter, CIC) analysis in each park. Those parks that showed lead contamination were subjected to detailed samplings with additional total lead analysis. The mean values of total lead content in soils of the GPLM Bosque Olivar (170 ppm Pb), Campo de Marte (226 ppm Pb) and Pentagonito (159 ppm Pb) were found to be above those allowed by the Environmental Quality Standards (ECA-Peru: 140 ppm). At Las Leyendas park eight of the 98 hectares were contaminated (234.5 ppm Pb) and at Huachipa Zoo 0.7 0f 11 hectares were contaminated too (266 ppm Pb), while Kennedy Park did not exceed the ECA (56 ppm Pb). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the role of women in modern-day democratic societies. The authors comment on the political participation of women in democracies and examine the social, economic, and political inequalities women face. The importance of the modern feminist movement in addressing these issues is also explored.